Colonial Veterinary Clinic

01/22/2025

Hip Hip Hooray! It's New Pet Wednesday! Say hello to Nono, Fart Garfunkle, Banjo and Velvet! Welcome to the Colonial Vet Family! 🩵🐶🐰🐶🐶

01/20/2025

Don’t forget to share a photo of your Lab in the comments on the original post before the end of the month! One random, lucky lab will be our January Dog of the Month and have their photo proudly displayed in the lobby for the month of February and get a custom made bandana to sport around town!😍🏆

Our first Breed of the Month is the very well known and popular Labrador Retriever! These dogs are known for being friendly, outgoing, and high spirited. They come in three breed standard colors: yellow, black, and chocolate and typically weigh anywhere from 50-85 pounds when fully grown. They are famous for being great family dogs because they love to be active and play but can also lounge for hours on the couch. Labs tend to love swimming, going on long walks, and playing fetch for hours! While labs do not have long fur they do have a notorious “double coat” which makes them high shedders. Be ready to do a lot of vacuuming if you own one of these dogs! Originally bred for duck retrieving in Newfoundland, (no, not in Labrador!) labs developed this water repelling coat as well as their infamous “otter tail” to help them swim better during the hunt!

Labs tend to be extremely intelligent but this, combined with their high energy and love for play, can be a recipe for disaster if you don’t channel that intelligence into something positive. Enrolling puppies in training classes early and continuing with training as they get older is very important! Their intelligence along with an “eager to please” attitude makes them one of the top choices for service dog training as well as search and rescue and bomb and drug detection work.

Labrador Retrievers can be prone to health conditions such as hip and elbow dysplasia as well as some eye conditions. When buying a puppy from a breeder, it is important to find one who screens for these types of breed-related issues.

Labrador Retrievers are giant goof balls so if you want to add a lot of laughs, love, and fur to your home, they might be the breed for you!

🚨🚨DON'T FORGET to show us your lovely Labs in the comments below to be entered to be CVC's featured Dog of the Month for January!

01/19/2025

We are wishing a very Happy Birthday to our professional belly rubbing assistant, Brandon! We hope you have the best day!🩵🩶

01/03/2025

We had to sneak in a second glow up post today to round out or 2024 glow ups! We can't wait to start showing you all the 2025 pets soon! For now look at how big Atlas, Lucy, Bella and Peay-air (formerly Truffle) have gotten! 🩵

01/03/2025

It's the first Glow Up Friday of the New Year! Happy 2025 to everyone! We can't wait to see the glow up's of pets this year! But for now; enjoy these last few 2024 glow ups! Sunny, Benny, Leo and Memphis: we hope you have an awesome year ahead!🩵🩶

01/01/2025

Our first Breed of the Month is the very well known and popular Labrador Retriever! These dogs are known for being friendly, outgoing, and high spirited. They come in three breed standard colors: yellow, black, and chocolate and typically weigh anywhere from 50-85 pounds when fully grown. They are famous for being great family dogs because they love to be active and play but can also lounge for hours on the couch. Labs tend to love swimming, going on long walks, and playing fetch for hours! While labs do not have long fur they do have a notorious “double coat” which makes them high shedders. Be ready to do a lot of vacuuming if you own one of these dogs! Originally bred for duck retrieving in Newfoundland, (no, not in Labrador!) labs developed this water repelling coat as well as their infamous “otter tail” to help them swim better during the hunt!

Labs tend to be extremely intelligent but this, combined with their high energy and love for play, can be a recipe for disaster if you don’t channel that intelligence into something positive. Enrolling puppies in training classes early and continuing with training as they get older is very important! Their intelligence along with an “eager to please” attitude makes them one of the top choices for service dog training as well as search and rescue and bomb and drug detection work.

Labrador Retrievers can be prone to health conditions such as hip and elbow dysplasia as well as some eye conditions. When buying a puppy from a breeder, it is important to find one who screens for these types of breed-related issues.

Labrador Retrievers are giant goof balls so if you want to add a lot of laughs, love, and fur to your home, they might be the breed for you!

🚨🚨DON'T FORGET to show us your lovely Labs in the comments below to be entered to be CVC's featured Dog of the Month for January!

01/01/2025

We can't wait to see what wonderful things are in store for us in 2025! We hope we get to meet lots of new pets and continue to take great care of our existing patients!
Do you have a New Year's resolution this year?🎊

12/31/2024

Alright; here we are, the last few new pets of 2024! Finishing it off strong with our furry feline friends Malu, Peppers and Teddy! Welcome to the family! 🐱🐱🐱

12/31/2024

Ringing in the new year with some new pets? Yes please! 🩵🩶Welcome to the CVC family to Atticus, Bailey & Egypt, Vesper and Jaimie! 🐶🐱🐱🐶🐶

12/31/2024

New pet welcomes two days in a row?? WhAT?? We are trying to make sure we get all of our 2024 new pets welcomed in before the New Year; so that we will start fresh on 2025! We hope you're ready for a couple more posts! Say hello to Stella, Jaxon, Beacon and Posey!🐶🐶🐶🐶

12/30/2024

It's so hard to stop with just ONE new pet welcome post! Especially when we've got these adorable faces to introduce you to! Welcome to the family Cheeto, Max, Oliver and Basil!🩶🐶🐶🐱🐱🩶

12/30/2024

Happy Monday and say welcome to these cute faces! Bruce, Thunder, Pebbles and Jake all stopped in to meet us and we couldn't have been happier to see them! 🥰🐶🐶🐶🐶

12/29/2024

New Years is just around the corner! Check out these pet safety tips for the upcoming holiday!
Also, please note that Colonial Vet Clinic will be observing a half day on 12/31 and will be closed on 1/1. We will resume normal business hours on 1/2/2025!
We can't wait to see everyone in the New Year! 🎊🩵

12/27/2024

Coming to you on a surprise Friday with some new pets for your feed! Welcome to the family to Sully, Sunshine, Stitch and Oliver! 🐶🐢🐱🐱

12/27/2024

We have some fun new things coming at you for 2025! The first of which is a new feature that we are calling CVC’s Dog Breed of the Month! 💙🐶
Each month we will have a new featured breed that we will tell you some fun facts about as well as some common associated health problems. In the comments of the post, please share your favorite picture of your own dog of that breed! At the end of the month we will have a random drawing of all the people who shared photos and the winner will be the “Dog of the Month” at the clinic! They will have their photo printed out and put up in the lobby of the clinic on display and will get a free bandana to sport around town showing off their title!
Be on the look out because the first breed will be posted in the next couple of days!🎊

12/26/2024

Happy Kwanzaa to any and all of our clients who celebrate!❤️🖤💚

12/25/2024

Today also happens to be the first day of Hanukkah; so we want to wish all who celebrate that a happy 7 days of celebration!🕎💙

12/25/2024

From all of us at Colonial Veterinary Clinic: We wish you and your family a Merry Christmas!🎅🏼❤️💚
Did your pets get dress up for the holidays? Did they get to open presents? We would love to see photos in the comments below!🥰